tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8983837299308876541..comments2017-12-13T03:43:18.725-06:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Subspecialist Shortages and the EMRDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-2324904266513491552008-06-20T16:22:00.000-05:002008-06-20T16:22:00.000-05:00I work for a company called Practice Fusion, and I...I work for a company called Practice Fusion, and I’d like to clear up a few things about Electronic Medical Records. <BR/>There is a lot of skepticism surrounding the security and quality of EMRs, especially applications that are free and web-based. Costly applications want you to believe that you must pay for quality. However, there are many high-quality and free, web-based applications out Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46071118894662972572008-05-10T19:31:00.000-05:002008-05-10T19:31:00.000-05:00The EMR is the key to the sweatshop. Just wait. On...The EMR is the key to the sweatshop. Just wait. Once data mining technology is turned to EMR analysis, the screws will get tighter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-18494720510205152002008-05-08T21:25:00.000-05:002008-05-08T21:25:00.000-05:00what are you trying to say eh? (LMAO). I guess yo...what are you trying to say eh? (LMAO). I guess you can't have one without the other. From north of the border I see a means to shorten wait times. From south, a way to increase profit. Two sides of the same coin but it only affects proceduralists when profit is involved. Here it's hit cancer care, orthopods and optho hard because those are the populations with long waiting lists. I've alwaysIan Furst http://www.waittimes.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795888117578055704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79887975632515269372008-05-07T22:38:00.000-05:002008-05-07T22:38:00.000-05:00Ian (waittimes) -No, I can see all sorts of remark...Ian (waittimes) -<BR/><BR/>No, I can see all sorts of remarkable and lightning-fast efficiencies enabled by the EMR. But with those business and patient-care efficiencies come new stressors for the proceduralists in medicine. For today, they are the revenue generators that cover the costs of less-ecomonically viable subspecialties. With the EMR, specialists like myself are monitored literally DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5112616469425591742008-05-07T20:29:00.000-05:002008-05-07T20:29:00.000-05:00As a cardiac electrophysiologist you're not seriou...As a cardiac electrophysiologist you're not seriously arguing the "evil" side of good vs evil in technology are you? Yes, the boss can watch what we're doing but as a provider you can also monitor how long patients take to get an appointment, referral, bottlenecks, etc..... I've datamined all kinds of patients for higher rates of complications including association with time of day, nursing/Ian Furst http://www.waittimes.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795888117578055704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-75906132688859546222008-05-05T21:06:00.000-05:002008-05-05T21:06:00.000-05:00I seriously doubt that "300,000 children are diagn...I seriously doubt that "300,000 children are diagnosed annually in the US with juvenile rheumatic diseases."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/500156" REL="nofollow">Juvenile RA</A> has an incidence of 10-20 per 100,000, for example.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.com